⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Thunder got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Spurs did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, nine turnovers to their nineteen- A 14-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 17 in the first quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Spurs
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Gregg Popovich technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 4:18 · SA 80-90 OKC
Thunder
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q1 8:58 · SA 7-10 OKC
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 17
Q1 1:21 · SA 19-36 OKC
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run from level to 10 points up
Q3 8:48 · SA 59-69 OKC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SA | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 10 | Threes made | 10 |
| 28% | Three-point accuracy | 26% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 24 | Assists | 26 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 3 | Steals | 8 |
| 7 | Blocks | 3 |
